In popular culture, academic research and public consciousness, African American women are often defined by their presumed poverty or lack of education. This work examines the experiences of a group of such women who, on the contrary, worked as white-collar professionals, retired in considerable comfort, and remain actively involved in their respective communities. The voices of these women offer an understanding of the impact of social systems on individual lives, and of how the legacies bequeathed to the women by their families, teachers, churches and communities endowed them with the tools needed for survival and success in spite of prejudice and other stumbling blocks along the way.
- ISBN10 0814780997
- ISBN13 9780814780992
- Publish Date 1 September 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 February 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint New York University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 187
- Language English